Improvement in vehicle-springs



e. STRI'OKERM Vehicle-Spring.

No. 203,213. Patented April 30, I878,

ITNESSES ATTORNEYS NJETERS. FHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. I! C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE STRIOKER, OF OATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,213, dated April30, 1878; application filed February 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE STRIGKER, of Gatawissa, in the county ofColumbia, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Vehicle- Springs; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to side-spring vehicles 3 and it consists in acentrally-divided springbar mounted upon two posts, and their inner endsjointed together, and in the combination 2f plarts, as will behereinafter more fully set ort In order to enable others skilled in theart to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to theannexed drawing, which represents a perspective view of my invention.

A represents the front axle with head-block B, and this head-blockconnected by the perch G with the hind axle D.

On the hind axle D are two upright posts, a a, connected by means ofcross-braces b, which are formed with collars b on their ends, to fit onsaid posts. p

The spring-bar is made in two parts, F and F, which are placed upon theupper ends of the posts a a, and the outer end of each part has a brace,01, secured to it, the inner end of such brace being formed with acollar, d, to go around the post a at the lower end, as shown. The upperends of the posts a a are further connected to the perch by braces e e,and other braces, ff, connect the hind axle and the perch.

The inner ends of the two parts or bars F F are connected together by arounded projection or ball, 13, being formed on the end of the bar F,and fitting in a corresponding socket, h, formed on the end of the partF.

H H represent the side springs, the front ends of which are wrappedaround or other-. wise connected to the ends of the head-block B, andtheir rear ends are connected to clips m m under the outer ends of thebar F F.

It will readily be seen that when either of the springs, say H, ispressed down, the outer end of the bar F will be thrown outward, itturning upon its post, and by the joint h z the bar F is moved preciselyin the same manner, thereby drawing the spring H down in the sameproportion as the spring H is pressed down; and thus the deviceconstitutes a perfectequalizer to retain the body of the vehicle inproper position.

Though I have described the barF F as applied to the rear ends of theside springs, it may be equally as'well applied to the front endsthereof, or to both, if so desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a side-spring vehicle, a spring-bar, F F, made in two parts,mounted upon separate posts and their inner ends jointed together,substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the side springs H H, the bars F F, with centerjoint h t, and the posts a a, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

3. The combination of the posts a a, jointed bars F F, cross-braces b b,with collars b b, and the end braces cl d, with collars cl 61,substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 28th day of January, 1878.

GEORGE STRIGKER. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

M. G. HUGHES, J. B. KNITTLE.

